The characteristics of action switching in kendo

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350757
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Tokyo Gakugei University (2014-2015); Shizuoka University (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Okumura Motoki 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90400663)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 熟達 / 注意 / 運動 / 干渉 / 剣道

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purposes of this study are to clarify the characteristics and expertise of action switching in high speed sports. The action switching is that players modify from incorrect to correct actions dynamically during rapid actions such as striking actions. In our experiments, expert and intermediate kendo players of a university team were required to switch between striking and defensive actions. We analyzed the speed and accuracy of the action switching in Task 1, and the robustness of the action switching against the interference of an opponent's actions in Task 2. We clarified that, in comparison with the intermediates, the experts maintained a proper condition to enable both striking and defensive actions during preliminary action period in the environments with the interference.

Free Research Field

スポーツ心理学